Based on the data about structure and antidiabetic activity of twenty seven vanadium and zinc coordination complexes collected from literature we developed QSAR models using the GUSAR program. These QSAR models were applied to 10 novel vanadium coordination complexes designed in silico in order to predict their hypoglycemic action. The five most promising substances with predicted potent hypogl...

Over the last several decades, a large body of evidence has accumulated to suggest that organo-vanadium compounds (OVC) are more potent than inorganic vanadium salts in regulating hyperglycemia and insulin-resistance in rodent models of both type I and type II diabetes. Among these OVC, vanadium (IV) oxo bis(maltolato) (BMOV) was the first to be investigated for its higher potency over inorgani...

Vanadium plays an important role in life and one of its most relevant properties identified is its capacity to act as insulin-enhancing agent, either in the form of its inorganic salts or complexes with organic ligands. Besides the antidiabetic action, vanadium complexes are known to possess potent anticancer activity, which deserve increasing attention for application to biomedical sciences. S...

Complexes between oxovanadium (IV) cation and flavonoid derivatives were developed recently in order to increase the intestinal absorption and to reduce the toxicity of vanadium compounds. For these reasons, is interesting to investigate the complexation process between flavonoid rutin (Rut) and vanadyl cation in order to isolate new complexes. Two new complexes [VO(Rut)(H2O)2](SO4)0.5 x 2 H2O ...

The objective of the study was to assess the effects of Na[V(V)O(O2)2(2,2'-bpy)] x 8 H2O (complex 1), Na[V(V)O(O2)2(1,10'-phen)] x 5 H2O (complex 2), Na[V(V)O(O2)2(4,4'-Me-2,2'-bpy)] x 8 H2O (complex 3), [V(V)O(SO,)(1,10'-phen)] x 2 H2O, (complex 4), [V(IV)O(SO4)(2,2'-bpy)] x H2O (complex 5), where: 2,2'-bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, 1.10'-phen = 1,10'-phenanthroline, 4,4'-Me-2,2'-bpy = 4,4'-dimethyl-...

An inexpensive and fast vanadium [(IV), (V)] speciation method was performed by using optical chemical sensor that incorporates lipophilized calmagite (Cal) with cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC) as a suitable ligand on triacetylcellulose membrane in aqueous solutions prior to UV-Vis spectrometric determination. Absorbance decrease of the optode in pH 6 at 490 nm depended on the V(V) ion concentr...

The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that the toxicity and carcinogenicity of vanadium might arise from elevation of reactive oxygen species leading to activation of the transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP-1). The AP-1 transactivation response has been implicated as causal in transformation responses to phorbol esters and growth factors. To investigate the possible a...